But you are right. There is no battle. We love Hale for all his stuff, we love ourselves for all of our stuff. We just love more and more. That’s the way, really. Thanks Barbara!

I love the part about desire, yes a desire like an aversion is just a feeling. And feelings only lie
In a lot of spiritual circles there sometimes seems to be an attachment to an aversion of desire…grin.

Yes the hype like style that Hale is following was bothering me as well, but what was worse was his laughter. It took me a year, but when I hear it these days it makes me smile. Don’t love or hate it, just is a silly laugh and that makes me laugh..

Keep going, I’ll be back and share some deep serious stuff when I’m in that mood (and thats a feeling to ).

But seriously isn’t it great how this way of living takes the sting out of things. The battle has finally been fought when we figured out that there is no battle to begin with.. And we can start doing what we are doing.

Love,

Barbara

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What is my desire ? Let me think. It is to have my great friend Tom Stine visit my poor site and bless it with words of wisdom. I am on fire now

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Non-attachment is the way. Thanks for the comment!

I only recently came to resolution of my spitituality and marketing. It is: I am delighted to make money from making friends and offering excellent value.

Regarding desire and suffering. They may be inseparable but they are not the same. My breathing and oxygen are inseparable but oxygen is not my breathing.

As you say I think it is attachment not desire that is the problem. It may be better to speak of greed than desire.

There was someone recent who seems to have conquered desire. Krishnamurti. His cook wrote a book called something like 10,000 Lunches with Krishnamurti. However, he still ate in a way to be healthy. Was this attachment. Well, not in the same way as the attachment that leads us to gorge on chocolate or alcohol I don’t think.

I see non-attachment as serving compassion and life. Non-attachment is the raft in the Buddhist metaphor.

Thanks for a very well written post on a very important topic.

One thing I’ve always found intriguing about spirituality is the denial of so much that is simply human. As one of my favorite spiritual teachers likes to say, the only thing that says that money and spirituality don’t mix is a belief. If we pay careful attention to the Buddha’s words, to Jesus’ words, and to a host of others, we see over and over again that it is attachment to things, to beliefs, to desires, to money, that cause us problems. Over and over again the same message. Ah, well, I will save any further comments for later.

Interesting article! I’ve always wanted to study Buddhism. I often find great wisdom in the small amounts I know about it.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with making a living from a product, even if it’s about spirituality and enlightenment. When selling is done with integrity and with a customer-centered focus, it’s fine, and I think you do that very well. You have an offering, you explain it’s benefits, and it’s up to the customer to decide to take out their money and spend it.

It’s their choice, and they need to realize that. They could also hop on the internet and go to the public library to study Buddhism or Taoism or any other spiritual material for free. They could sign up for a class at a local college, too, and they would have to pay tuition for the class and pay for the textbook(s). Or they could go to the bookstore and buy books on the subject. It’s their choice.

They also have to realize they will get out of it what they choose to put into it. Put little into a spiritual journey and you won’t get very far no matter how much you did or did not spend on material to learn about it.

And I believe you’re right. When you let any emotion take you over, it will rule your life because you let it. Desire, hatred, pain, anger; it doesn’t matter if you hold onto feelings that should be let go. Instead of spirituality and enlightenment, many choose psychotherapy to deal with the issues about their feelings, which also isn’t free the last time I saw my therapist. And I don’t mind paying one bit for the time of someone who is helping me move on.

So why should charging for the Sedona Method be any different? You add value to people’s lives and that’s what counts.

Sherri